Cotton hoe and chopper



(No Mnael.) s sheets-sheet 1. W. E. INSLEY 8v E. H. DUNTBN.

GOTTONHOB AND SHOPPER.

. Dec. 29.11885.

WITNESSLB N. PETERS, PhomLilhcgrlpher, Washington. D. C

(No Model.) 4 3 Sheets-Sheet 2'.

W. E. INSLEY 8v E. HA. DUNTEN.

COTTON HOB AND SHOPPER.

Patented Deo. 29, 1885.

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(No Model.) Y l .3 Sheets-Sheet 3. W. E. INSLEY Y82; E. DUNTEN.

GOTIYON HOB AND GHOPPER.

No. 333,305. Patented Dec. 29, 1885.

l Attorney ATENT Ferca.

WILLIAM E. INSLEY AND EDGAR H. DUNTEN, OF LAPEER, MICHIGAN.

COTTON HOE AND CHOPPER.

Application tiled Septembcr2'?, 1885. Serial No. 177,863. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM E. INsLEY and EDGAR H. DUNTEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Lapeer, in the county of Lapeer and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ootp ton Hoes and Choppers, of which the following is-a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. j

` Figure l is a perspective view of the p resent device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the forward part ot' the frame which carries the hoes and chopper, showing this frame swiveled at its rear in the carriage-frame. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe saine. Fig. 4 is a detail View showing shaft and connections that operate the chopper. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the caster and its connection with forward part of the frame carrying the hoes, &c.` Fig. 6 is a detail showing the connection between the shaft operated by the gear on the carriage and the shaft operating the chopper; Fig. 7, a detail in section showing the disk which operates the chopper as attached eccentrically to its shaft; Fig. S, a detail of one of thehoes; Fig. 9, a sectional detail to show the bearing and support of the short shaft.

This invention belongs to that class of devices known as cotton hoers and choppers;77 and the novelty in the present instance consists in the construction and combination of the several parts of the machine, whereby a very usr-fuland durable device is produced, simple in structure,economical in cost, and very durable under all ordinary conditions of use, as will now be more fully set forth and explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the carriage proper, to and upon which are attached the operative parts. The gear-wheel B on the wheelvshaft a meshes with the beveled pinion c of the short longitudinal arm O in front of it. This arm is suitably held in bearings d, attached to the under side of bar c2 of the frame of the carriage. The forward end of this arm is bifurcated at c c', and between these bifurcationsis swiveled the sleeve E, inside of which sleeve is fixed the inner or rear end of the longitudinal shaft F, which thus comes about centrally in the frame. This shaft is mounted in hearings gg on the strips. h h', bowing upward from the side bars,

h h, of the metallic sub-frame H. By means of its rear rectangular part, h2, this frame is swiveled at its upper side on bolt K, passing through the bar a2 ofthe t'rame,and on its under side,at l,on the supporting-bar ainwardly extending from the rear bar, a4, of the frame, to which its outer end is attached. This connection enables the front part of the frame H to be readily turned to the right or left ou these swivels by means of the hand-lever I, which is pivotally fixed at its forward end to the upwardly extending metal strip h:i ofthe frame. H, while at a short distance from its forward end it iq pivoted in the bifurcated top k ofthe swivel K on the frame A. lever can havev free right-and-left movement. The strips hare pivoted to the frame H, which allows free vertical play of the lever in the up-and-down movement of the frame H. By means of the curved rack-bar L, attached to Thus this and so as to rock on the bar a2 of the carriageframe, just to the rear ofthe pivotal attachment of the lever and the spring-catch i, underneath the lever, the lever may be easily locked in any desired horizontal position. This-lever is in convenient reach of the driver when mounted on theseat N.

Eccentrically or otherwise on the forwardl end of the shaft F is a disk,f, having in its forward face a crank-pin, j", which pin is adapted to play in the Vertical slot o in the upper end of the arm o of the chopper O. This chopper has free lateral or right-and-left movement when the arm o is actuated, as hereinafter described, as said arm ois pivoted to the fore part of strip h', which strip also forms the side bars before referred to. The chopper O is a blade of suitable construction, so attached to its arm that its position is generally horizontal to the ground, but its lateral or horizontal movements,'caused bythe rotation of the shaft F through the gearwheel B on the carriageaxle, will ofcourse be on the line of an arc of a circle. This chopper is so 'placed that its line of movements, as above described, is past the space between the hoes P, which are placed a little distance in front of it-one on each side of the frame H. These hoes are made of metal and curve outwardly and rearwardly. By means oftheir upwardlyextending arms'p they are attached to theside bars, l, of the frame H. Theygcan be verti` IOO cally adjusted by means of the slots p' in the upper ends of these arms p by bolts and nuts and rigidly secured yin any desircdvertical position.

At the extreme forward end of the frameH are secured on either side the two casters Q, by means of pieces @downwardly extending from the ends of bars h4 of said frame H. These casters are suitably swiveled in the bent part q of lower ends of said pieces q, and as said pieces at their upper ends, by means of slots q" and nuts Q3, can be adjusted up or down at pleasure and fixed in any desired psition,so the casters can be raised orlowered. These casters on the front end of the frame cooperate with lever I in making the rightand-left movements of the frame H4 before spoken of. The caster-arms are s o iitted in the lower bent ends, q', of pieces q that they will have considerable scope for automatic vertical movement, 'the range of movement being controlled by the pin'q, which passes y through each part of the caster-arm which comes inside said bend.

That part of the frame H-viz., bars `h*-to which the hoes and casters are attached, are adjustably pivoted at their rear ends, h5, in the sides of the square part of the frame H, so that the forward end of this frame will have Vautomatic and fr ee vertical vmovement `on said pivotal connection.

The link `Ron `one of the thills A is used to holdup the frame H as in going to or re turning from the field.

, In the operation ofthis device the hoes will very thoroughly loosen the soil and the .chopper will thin out the cotton. As the cotton is usually sown in drills, this work when done by hand, as was in former times `the custom,

is very slow, tedious, and expensive.

In the operation of devices of this description it is of very large consequence that there should be easy means for moving the hoes and chopper t0 the right or left, as the driver of the machine may see it to be necessary in 0rder to reach the thickest growth of weeds, Snc., or from any like reason. Such means are admirably provided in this device, as `has been above described; also, the automatic rising'and falling of the casters is a featnreof verylarge value, as it enables .the frame to adapt itselfl easily to the uneven surface of the ground.

While there is now shown a frame for carryi-ng the operative parts made in several without departing from the `:nalmreand scope ofthe invention above described.

l am aware that geared shafts, jointed and general description for actuating a hoeor chopp Having now described this invention, what Awe consider new, and desire to cover by Letters 1. The combi-nation of the lever I with the frame H, swiveled at its rear in the carriageframe, and in which is mounted the horizontal shaft F, operated as described, and which is provided with the horizontally-operating chopper O and the vertically-adjustable hoes P, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame H, swiv el'ed at its rear end to the frame, having hoes and choppers, .andoperated by lever I, with the casters Q, yautomatically and verticallyadjustable, `substantially as described.

3. In :a cotton-chopper, in .combination with the .main frame,a swiveled sub-frame lia-ving an automatic vertical .movement and movable horizontally, and 'provided at its forward end with casters vertically and automatically iadj ustable, substantially as described.

4, I-n a cotton-chopper, substantially as .described, `a frame carrying the hoes and Ichopper provided with casters at its forward end, positively and automatically adjustable in manner set forth, whereby the forward lend is movement.

5. In combination with the carriage A `and the swiveled frame H, `the gear-wheel B, and the arm C, having pinion c and bifurcatedend c,with the sleeve E, the shaft F, having disk O, and the pivoted vibrating arm o, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In combination with the frame H, the vertically-adjustable hoes, one on each side,

per at the rear ofthe hoes, having a free rightand-left m ovement across the space between the hoes, substantially `as shown and described.

WILLIAM E. INSLEK EDGAR H. DUNTEN.

Witnesses:

FRANK MILLIS, FRANK MCNAMARA.

capable of an automatic rising Yand falling cranked, are not broadly new in devices of this 6o f, provided with eccentric pin f', the chopper 95 the vertically-adj ustable casters, and the chop- 10 7. In combination with the frame H, as de scribed, swiveled at the rear at its upper and. 105

the rack L, substantially 'as and for `the pur- I-n testimony whereof we aiix our signatures 1190 

